Appendix 7. Summary of experimental mean values for solar inactivation
of coliforms in contaminated water using solar reactor IA (reactor IB
was used for experiment 24). | |||||||||||
Exp. No. | Date (1986) | Water temperature (°C) | Flow rate (L/h) | Solar UV-A | Bacterial counts (CFU/mL) | Bacterial survival (%) | |||||
Exposure time (min) | Intensity (W/m2) | Fluence (W h/m2) | |||||||||
Influent | Effluent | Mean | Influent | Effluent | |||||||
7 | 13 Aug. | 34.4 | 36.5 | 35.5 | 11.2 | 26 | 16.6 | 7.2 | 1 045 | 145 | 12.9 |
10 | 28 Aug. | 32.3 | 35.4 | 33.8 | 10.4 | 28 | 13.9 | 6.6 | 325 | 20 | 2.2 |
11 | 4 Sept. | 33.2 | 38.1 | 35.7 | 7.8 | 38 | 15.9 | 10.0 | 475 | 45 | 9.0 |
12 | 9 Sept. | 34.6 | 39.1 | 36.8 | 6.5 | 45 | 19.0 | 14.3 | 335 | 15 | 9.1 |
13 | 11 Sept. | 35.9 | 38.1 | 37.0 | 4.4 | 66 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 255 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
14 | 17 Sept. | 38.0 | 40.6 | 39.3 | 4.6 | 63 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 205 | 5 | 1.5 |
15 | 23 Sept. | 36.7 | 41.4 | 39.0 | 6.6 | 44 | 18.5 | 13.6 | 185 | 15 | 9.6 |
21 | 5 Nov. | 25.8 | 29.5 | 27.6 | 37.1 | 8 | 15.9 | 2.1 | 2 275 | 965 | 36.9 |
22 | 12 Nov. | 24.9 | 29.4 | 27.2 | 8.9 | 33 | 13.3 | 7.3 | 1 105 | 290 | 15.9 |
23 | 19 Nov. | 25.8 | 33.6 | 29.7 | 5.6 | 53 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 940 | 30 | 1.9 |
24 | 27 Nov. | 28.6 | 30.1 | 29.4 | 10.5 | 30 | 12.2 | 6.1 | 255 | 75 | 19.6 |